
What Next TBD: The Return of Hacktivism
Slate Technology
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Hacking Hacks - What's the Difference?
The web hosting company epic and the streaming platform twitch have both been targeted in massive attacks by people with ideological motives, also known as hactivists. The hackers seemed to want to reveal personal details of platform users and taunt the platforms lack security. In some cases, it's about retaliation for harassment. In others, identifying links to the far right. People with secret racest web sits have lost their jobs. Others have been linked to the january sixth attacks.
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